455. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to recognising Covid-19 as an occupational illness for social workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62483/25]
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456. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if she will reconsider the ending of the long Covid scheme in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62484/25]
457. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 1632 and 1633 of 4 November 2025, whether healthcare providers must indicate eligibility/ineligibility for the free HRT scheme on the prescriptions transmitted to pharmacists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62489/25]
974. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health the criteria used to allow indeterminate to be placed on the gender section on a birth notification form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61301/25]
975. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health the specific legislative framework that limits the gender option on a birth notification to male, female or indeterminate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61302/25]
1632. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 440 of 2 October 2025, the reason transgender men who may have had their ovaries removed are excluded from the free HRT scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57790/25]
1633. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 440 of 2 October 2025, the reason a distinction was made between women who have had their ovaries removed and those born without them in the case of transgender women to get access to the free HRT scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57791/25]
1758. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the approval of linzagolix by the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics for the public prescription of this particular drug; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58304/25]
1804. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if she will establish an independent audit of adult safeguarding services; if she will support establishing an adult safeguarding authority that is independent of the HSE in order to avoid any potential conflicts of interest; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58630/25]
1813. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if she will consider aiding in the medical evacuation of a person from Gaza (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58669/25]
1870. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health to examine the case for a medical evacuation of a person from Gaza (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58886/25]
2048. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if she will intervene with CORU to ensure that standards for the recognition of psychotherapy qualifications are maintained at present levels, notably the requirement for personal therapy in training, mandatory clinical supervision and a minimum timeframe in training; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59957/25]
327. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the implementation of additional tests for the newborn bloodspot screening programme for spinal muscular atrophy. [54348/25]
324. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health to consider reinstating training for advanced practitioners in the National Ambulance Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54181/25]
325. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health to consider increasing the new development funding provided to the National Ambulance Service, given the projected 11% increase in emergency calls projected in the HSE national service plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54182/25]
853. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if she will support the full subsidy of maintenance and reliever therapy inhalers for those with asthma; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51313/25]
348. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health to consider approving the use of CAR T-cell therapy in Ireland for those over the age of 26; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51002/25]
669. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if she will consider increasing the grants for hearing aids to cover the full cost of the hearing aids; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50318/25]
1190. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health to review the current authorisation process for newly qualified paramedics, given issues that have arisen (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48019/25]
2065. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address the lack of supply of a medicine (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44571/25]
2077. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health to address concerns raised in relation to the free HRT programme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44599/25]
2135. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health the position regarding undertaking a medical evacuation of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44809/25]
2149. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if the delay in processing a job offer for a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44876/25]
2401. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health to review and increase the current resources being allocated to the National Ambulance Service given issues that have been raised (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45839/25]
2407. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if a medical evacuation will be expedited for a person from Gaza ( details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45852/25]